# rails-hotwire

A skill for Hotwire in Rails: Turbo Frames, Turbo Streams, broadcasts and Stimulus controllers. Useful when you want reactive pages without a heavy JS framework.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 348 installs · ★ 198
- Author: TheBushidoCollective
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/TheBushidoCollective/han/tree/HEAD/plugins/frameworks/rails/skills/rails-hotwire/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/thebushidocollective-rails-hotwire

## What it does

The skill covers how to build reactive Rails apps with Hotwire — Turbo and Stimulus. It walks through Turbo Drive, Turbo Frames with lazy loading, Turbo Streams for live updates, and model broadcasts via `broadcasts_to` and `after_create_commit`.

There is a separate section on Stimulus controllers: targets, values, classes, click handling and form validation. Examples include `clipboard_controller.js` and `form_controller.js`, plus ERB markup with `data-controller`, `data-action` and `data-*-target`.

Turbo Streams need Redis and a configured ActionCable: set the adapter in `config/cable.yml` and mount `/cable` in `config/routes.rb`. Skip that and broadcasts will not fire — worth checking before you rely on live updates.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TheBushidoCollective/han --skill rails-hotwire -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/rails-hotwire/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/rails-hotwire/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TheBushidoCollective/han --skill rails-hotwire -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/rails-hotwire/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TheBushidoCollective/han --skill rails-hotwire -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/rails-hotwire/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install TheBushidoCollective/han rails-hotwire
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/rails-hotwire/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TheBushidoCollective/han --skill rails-hotwire -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/TheBushidoCollective/han --path plugins/frameworks/rails/skills/rails-hotwire
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/rails-hotwire/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TheBushidoCollective/han --skill rails-hotwire -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/TheBushidoCollective/han/tree/HEAD/plugins/frameworks/rails/skills/rails-hotwire/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- lazy-load a section with a Turbo Frame
- refresh a list of records without a full page reload
- return HTML instead of JSON from a controller action
- write a Stimulus controller for copy-to-clipboard
- broadcast model changes to channel subscribers

## Example prompts
- show me how to build a Turbo Frame with lazy loading for the analytics block
- set up broadcasts_to in the Post model for new posts
- write a Stimulus controller that validates the form on the client side

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# Rails Hotwire

Master Hotwire for building modern, reactive Rails applications using Turbo
and Stimulus without requiring heavy JavaScript frameworks.

## Overview

Hotwire (HTML Over The Wire) is a modern approach to building web applications
that sends HTML instead of JSON over the wire. It consists of Turbo (for
delivering server-rendered HTML) and Stimulus (for JavaScript sprinkles).

## Installation and Setup

### Installing Hotwire

```bash
# Add to Gemfile
bundle add turbo-rails stimulus-rails

# Install Turbo
rails turbo:install

# Install Stimulus
rails stimulus:install

# Install Redis for ActionCable (Turbo Streams)
bundle add redis

# Configure ActionCable
rails generate channel turbo_stream
```

### Configuration

```ruby
# config/cable.yml
development:
  adapter: redis
  url: redis://localhost:6379/1

production:
  adapter: redis
  url: <%= ENV.fetch("REDIS_URL") { "redis://localhost:6379/1" } %>
  channel_prefix: myapp_production

# config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  mount ActionCable.server => '/cable'
end
```

## Core Patterns

### 1. Turbo Drive (Page Acceleration)

```ruby
# Turbo Drive is automatic, but you can customize behavior

# app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
    <%= csp_meta_tag %>
    <%= turbo_refreshes_with method: :morph, scroll: :preserve %>
  </head>
  <body>
    <%= yield %>
  </body>
</html>

# Disable Turbo for specific links
<%= link_to "Legacy Page", legacy_path, data: { turbo: false } %>

# Disable Turbo for forms
<%= form_with url: upload_path, data: { turbo: false } do |f| %>
  <%= f.file_field :document %>
<% end %>

# Custom progress bar
<style>
  .turbo-progress-bar {
    background: linear-gradient(to right, #4ade80, #3b82f6);
  }
</style>
```

### 2. Turbo Frames (Lazy Loading & Decomposition)

```ruby
# app/views/posts/index.html.erb
<div id="posts">
  <% @posts.each do |post| %>
    <%= turbo_frame_tag dom_id(post) do %>
      <%= render post %>
    <% end %>
  <% end %>
</div>

# app/views/posts/_post.html.erb
<article>
  <h2><%= post.title %></h2>
  <p><%= post.body %></p>

  <%= link_to "Edit", edit_post_path(post) %>
  <%= link_to "Delete", post_path(post),
              data: { turbo_method: :delete,
                      turbo_confirm: "Are you sure?" } %>
</article>

# app/views/posts/edit.html.erb
<%= turbo_frame_tag dom_id(@post) do %>
  <%= form_with model: @post do |f| %>
    <%= f.text_field :title %>
    <%= f.text_area :body %>
    <%= f.submit %>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

# Lazy loading frames
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